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56 Cards in this Set
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Where is the cortex located
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Middle of hair strand
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Where is the medulla located
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Innermost layer of the hair
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Cuticle
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outside layer of the hair. Scaly
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What part of the hair contains the melanin pigment?
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Cortex
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What part of the hair is NOT affected by color or any other salon services
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Medulla
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What layer of the hair protects the hair fibers and swells during chemical services
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Cuticle
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Where do changes by thermal styling, permanent waves, and relaxers take place?
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Cortex
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Growth patterns
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Whorls, Cowlicks, and natural partings
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Hair texture
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Diameter of a hair strand
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Fine Hair
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Most susceptible to damage from chemical services.
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What layer of the hair protects the hair fibers and swells during chemical services
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Cuticle
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Where do changes by thermal styling, permanent waves, and relaxers take place?
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Cortex
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Growth patterns
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Whorls, Cowlicks, and natural partings
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Hair texture
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Diameter of a hair strand
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Fine Hair
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Most susceptible to damage from chemical services.
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Eumelanin
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Red and yellow pigment
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Elasticity
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Ability to stretch and return to its original length without breaking
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Pheomelanin
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Brown to black pigment
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High porosity
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Difficult for lighteners, haircolors, perms, or relaxers to process
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Coarse Hair
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largest diameter and will contain the greatest amount of melanin
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3 Types of Straight Lines used in haircutting
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Horizontal
Vertical Diagnol |
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All straight lines are referenced from________
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Space
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What effects do diagonal lines create in a haircut?
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Creates fullness and blend long layers
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Name and describe the two basic guidelines used in haircutting
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Straight and Curved
The head itself is made of up of curved and straight lines. By cutting lines into the hair it will fall into shape. |
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Why is understanding of reference points so important in haircutting?
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Finding balance so that both sides of hair cut turn out the same.
Ability to recreate the same haircut Showing where and when it is necessary to change technique to make up for irregularities in the head form. |
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What are the standard reference points and how do you locate them?
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Parietal ridge- widest area of the head starting at the temples and ending at the bottom of the crown.
To locate place a comb flat on the side of the head, where the head curves away. Occipital Bone-bone that protrudes at the base of the skull. Place comb against the nape, where the comb leaves the head Apex- Highest point on top of head. Place comb on top of head and the comb will rest on the highest point Four corners- Where the unsupported areas are in the hair, found by placing two combs flat against side and back |
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What do the planes of the head indicate
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head changes from curved to flat
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Incrementally how often does the head change shape, both horizontally and vertically
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1/2 "
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The___________ is the angle at which the fingers are held when cutting
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Cutting line
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The more you elevate the hair, the more_____________ you create
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Graduation
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Elevation
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Angle or degree at which a subsection of hair is held.
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What does elevation also known as projection create in the hair?
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graduation and layers and is usually described in degrees
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What is natural fall?
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When hair naturally falls due to gravity
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How is over direction different from natural fall?
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When you comb the hair away from its natural fall direction rather than straight out from the head.
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Clean Eye
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Clean and organized.. perception is everything
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Explain how to palm the shears
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Remove the thumb and wrap fist around the shears. Hold shears and comb in one hand.
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The comb has small and large teeth to control____________
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Tension
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Use the _______ teeth of the comb when you are working with __________ sections
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Wide, Parting
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The large teeth of the comb create______ tension
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less
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What reference point is used to begin sectioning the hair?
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Apex
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Which blade of the shear does the thumb control?
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The moving blade
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Why is the thumb inserted in the thumb hole before the first knuckle?
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For best control
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What is the result if both the moving blade and the stationary blade are moving at the same time?
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Overdirection and scallops
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Ergonomically speaking for what area do you use palm to palm cutting technique
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Parietal Ridge and down
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What is the correct body position when cutting hair?
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Position client
Center your weight work in front of your section |
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Horizontal
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straight across floors
Building weight used on one length |
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Vertical
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up and down walls
Remove weight used on layered cuts |
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diagonal
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between a horizontal and a vertical line
used to blend cuts |
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cutting line
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angle at which the fingers are held at when cutting
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Traveling
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move some of the hair from the subsection you just cut to the subsection
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Stationary
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bringing hair over to the last cut by over directing it from the next subsection
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Head form
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head shape
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reference points
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where surface of the head changes
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crown
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area between the apex and the back of the parietal ridge
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nape
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area at the back part of the neck and consists of the hair below the occipital bone.
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Bang or fringe
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triangular begins at apex and ends at front corners
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